It’s Friday, But This is a Working Weekend

Let’s get to the bullets!

• I’ve been thoroughly distracted by blogging this week. For a calm girl, I’m incredibly impatient and impulsive. When I have something on my mind, it’s hard for me to think of anything else. That being said, I’m dedicating Friday and Saturday (my two days off) to working on my thesis. I have to.

• I’m so excited that there’s been such a wonderful response to the writing blog idea. We’re wasting no time getting started. Monday is the day. Several people have asked me what they can do to contribute. Well, we’ll provide more details on Monday, but basically you can contribute whatever you want. Think of some ideas for blog posts, writing prompts, discussion questions, videos, etc. We’ll just ask that you let us know what you want to contribute, so that we can coordinate everything. I understand that some people will want to sit back and see how things go before they jump in. That’s cool. But, remember that we’re all just figuring this out as we go, so feel free to throw any ideas you have out there. If you can somehow connect it to writing, then it qualifies.

• A friend from high school just got engaged. We don’t really talk much anymore, but we recently reconnected on facebook (that’s how I know she’s engaged). I’m happy for her, because she always wanted to get married. But, it’s weird to see her write things on facebook about how this guy is the sunshine in her life and the best thing that ever happened to her and a miracle. I don’t know her to be that outwardly affectionate. Plus, it’s a little gag worthy. I don’t know. It’s possible I’m just bitter.

• I’ve been really rockin’ the chipped nail polish this week.

• I want to vlog more. I’m thinking of a shorter format (2-5 minutes). I don’t know that I’d necessarily post them here. I might just keep them on you tube. Anyway, I guess I don’t really have time to pursue anything more right now. But, I’m thinking of different things I could do. Vlogging is just so much fun.

• I made a mistake last week. I bought Lucky Charms. They were on sale, so I bought two boxes. I’ve been in a few sugar comas since. Wow, I cannot handle the stuff. I’ve always been a bit of a weakling for sugar–meaning, I can tolerate very little–but I used to down sugar cereal like the world was ending. I’ve lost my tolerance.

• Does it make me super weird to be glad I’m not doing anything social this weekend? I’m just looking forward to hanging out alone (like I don’t already spend most of my time that way). I’m not particularly looking forward to spending the whole time working on my thesis, though.

• So, I got news this week that my sister is coming to my graduation. I invited her, but still, I was shocked. The thing about my family is that we’re pretty close, but we’re all so incredibly independent. It was weird for me to send an email months in advance telling my sister that I really wanted her to be at my graduation, and it’s super weird that she’s coming even though it requires a plane trip down here and a few nights in a hotel. She didn’t even come to my undergrad graduation and that was in the city she lives in! I guess when you tell people what you want, you’re more likely to get it.

• Sometimes I think very typical things, but think they’re super original. Like this gem: the other night when I was working in the library, I thought, “it’s not that I mind spending time working, it’s just that I wish I had more time to do the things I want to do.” Genius, Ashley. Lately I feel like there’s so much I want to do, and I just can’t figure out how to do it all while staying sane.

• The other day, Amy from toastier.org posted about Typealyzer, which is a site that determines the personality type of your blog. Amy’s blog had a personality quite different from her own (according to Myers-Briggs at least). But, no surprise to anyone, my blog’s personality is INFP, which is very close to me as an INFJ. According to my blog, I’m someone who needs for her beliefs to line up with her actions, I dislike mundane tasks (wait, who enjoys them?), I’m happiest when involved in personally meaningful projects (who isn’t?), and, oh yeah, I like to spend long periods of time alone. Check out your blog’s personality type!

• Okay, the writing blog launches Monday. So, those of you who are interested in helping us promote it (aka, those of you who are extra awesome), check here on Monday morning, and you’ll find the link! If you want anymore details about anything, don’t hesitate to email me at writetoreach[at]gmail[dot]com.

You have an awesome weekend. And, please think good thoughts for me as I pound out this thesis.